The University of South Carolina has given the all clear and students no longer need to shelter in place. “There is no ongoing emergency at this time,” the Carolina Alert website states. “The Thomas Cooper Library building remains closed until further notice.

There is no evidence of a shooter at the University of South Carolina’s campus library, a school spokesperson said Sunday, after a schoolwide alert about a shooter who had been reported to be on the Columbia campus.

The University of South Carolina on Sunday was the victim of a swatting call that reported a false active shooter at Thomas Cooper Library. hoax, Villanova University, University of Tennessee at Chatt